I was at Long Point last summer, didn't do any measuring though- The 20.3'cbh cottonwood is down and has been for some time, but the 17.9'cbh tree is still standing. The crown is pretty ragged at this point but Chris Merchant did measure it to over 120 and I believe the girth had increased a little too- I'll see if I can get the numbers from him. There are still many excellent trees on the upland portion just before it drops to the lake plain especially, but a couple large cherries and a large ash are down. I would suggest that there's strong potential as well to find a cuke to top the current champ in lilydale, and there's one out on the point that is short but has an enormous base, the most exaggeratedly conical trunk I've ever seen. There's also an interesting section in the back, near the public road, with some very large open-grown white oak and potentially tall tulips and conifers.

It's an odd tree, not particularly tall. I should also mention that there's a good-sized open-grown white oak along the main road just as it leaves the woods going down to the parking lot by the lake that might be worth measuring, and the trail leading into the woods near that tree has a series of rather thick black locust trees along it before the woods phases into old growth.

Here are a few pictures of a hickory I thought might be shellbark. The more I look at it, though, I believe it's just a not-so-shaggy shagbark.

Tree in question center-background

Elijah

"There is nothing in the world to equal the forest as nature made it. The finest formal forest, the most magnificent artificially grown woods, cannot compare with the grandeur of primeval woodland." Bob Marshall, Recreational Limitations to Silviculture in the Adirondacks

"There is nothing in the world to equal the forest as nature made it. The finest formal forest, the most magnificent artificially grown woods, cannot compare with the grandeur of primeval woodland." Bob Marshall, Recreational Limitations to Silviculture in the Adirondacks

I have a quick update on some Howlands Island trees after a couple of visits over the last two weeks.

1.) The large Northern Red oak (NY's legitimate champion, along with Tom Howard's Whitesboro tree) I spent some quality time with, and its current dimensions are 103'6" x 20'8" x 97' ACS (10 spokes). This equates to 376 AF points.

2.) I found a very nice Green ash on the Island's north end measuring 121' x 8'.

3.) The Island's two largest Black gums, in close proximity, measure 83'1" x 7'6" and 84'6" x 8'3", respectively.

I also measured my first American bladdernut, Staphylea trifolia, to 16'. In perusing various Internet sources, this plant is referred to as both a large shrub and a small tree, and I'd like to know what you all think. Also, how large can Bladdernut get?

"There is nothing in the world to equal the forest as nature made it. The finest formal forest, the most magnificent artificially grown woods, cannot compare with the grandeur of primeval woodland." Bob Marshall, Recreational Limitations to Silviculture in the Adirondacks